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Re: Shin Prince of Tennis Chapter 04 and 05 Discussion/Predictions

So...Momo got smoked...and Konomi has the common sense to come up with awesome matchups

Demi God VS The emperor

May end up becoming my favorite match and usurping Atobe VS Echizen

And Konomi needs to learn how to proportion his rackets..sometimes they're the right size other times they look like kids rackets

Momo proves that he's taken lessons from Roronoa Zoro

One last thing, about the guy who beat momo

If you watched the PoT live action Movie, Egate or whatever his name is hit shot that destroyed the strings of Ryoma's racket and ryoma ends up with two strings and hits a cool drive, perhaps Konomi was referencing that..

Konomi is showing the precision of these HS kids...the fact that he can rally with that Racket means that Blanka is always hitting the sweet spot (or where it should be)

Re: Shin Prince of Tennis Chapter 04 and 05 Discussion/Predictions

Does Momo's opponent's racket only have 2 strings, one going up and down, while the other is left and right? If that's the case, how can he hit a ball with that many strings? (At least that's what it looks like to me).

Edit (after finishing Chapter 5):
I hope that Konomi-sensei allows the reader to see the 6th match, Captain vs Vice-Captain of Rikkai Dai. That should be fun to see.

Re: Shin Prince of Tennis Chapter 04 and 05 Discussion/Predictions

Quick summary for you people since I may not do the tl today:

Chapter 4:

Momo vs Oni. Oni uses a racket with a single cross gut. It looks like the Kanji for 10, which is in his name (Juu in Juujirou). Oni's nickname is Hell's Guard. When Momo tried to do a jack knife, Oni basically said that Momo's jack knife was a pansy's jack knife and that this is what a real one looks like. He essentially "broke" Momo's wrists (both of them with it).

Chapter 5:

Continuation of Momo/Oni match. Momo resorts to cradling his racket and kinda playing that way. Oni, keeps on jack knifing him (now know as the Black Jack Knife). No matter how many times Momo keeps getting beat down he gets back up, to everyone's surprise. Momo loses and thanks Oni for the match. Oni asks for Momo's name and tells him to come after him. We get introduced to the Mental Coach, Saitou Itaru (he's really tall and always hits his head walking into a room....his name Itaru is a play on that since it's a pun for hurting). He introduces himself to the middle schoolers. He tells them to pair up which gets everyone excited cause they think it'll be doubles. He say nope, it'll be singles and the loser of the match has to go home. The list of who vs who is pretty much already completed on the previous discussion thread by atobe the king....look it up

Re: Shin Prince of Tennis Chapter 04 and 05 Discussion/Predictions

Originally Posted by Sai_the_Shaman

Quick summary for you people since I may not do the tl today:

Chapter 4:

Momo vs Oni. Oni uses a racket with a single cross gut. It looks like the Kanji for 10, which is in his name (Juu in Juujirou). Oni's nickname is Hell's Guard. When Momo tried to do a jack knife, Oni basically said that Momo's jack knife was a pansy's jack knife and that this is what a real one looks like. He essentially "broke" Momo's wrists (both of them with it).

Chapter 5:

Continuation of Momo/Oni match. Momo resorts to cradling his racket and kinda playing that way. Oni, keeps on jack knifing him (now know as the Black Jack Knife). No matter how many times Momo keeps getting beat down he gets back up, to everyone's surprise. Momo loses and thanks Oni for the match. Oni asks for Momo's name and tells him to come after him. We get introduced to the Mental Coach, Saitou Itaru (he's really tall and always hits his head walking into a room....his name Itaru is a play on that since it's a pun for hurting). He introduces himself to the middle schoolers. He tells them to pair up which gets everyone excited cause they think it'll be doubles. He say nope, it'll be singles and the loser of the match has to go home. The list of who vs who is pretty much already completed on the previous discussion thread by atobe the king....look it up

I didn't make that list someone else did , i was just posting who i felt would win the credit goes to Kobashi, i don't like taking credit for things i didn't do

Re: Shin Prince of Tennis Chapter 04 and 05 Discussion/Predictions

I think hinoai once mentioned that Yukimura was actually right where Kite is. Konomi-sensei apparently thought he looked creepy/didn't look right(?) so he was replaced.

He won't make Yukimura go home. Please, nooooooo! T_T
But I suppose if Yukimura can't find the strength to beat Sanada, where's the hope of him overcoming the other strong players. I wonder if he still has that self-assured confidence he displayed before his match with Echizen...

Still, Yukimura + Sanada > most everyone else. I really hope this is just a mind game, and that only the head coach makes the real decision on who stays and who goes. >_< (I'd be happy with an epic game, though.)